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Abdul Sattar Bugti, Production Engineer at Pakistan Petroleum Limited, asks: “In almost every acid and kick off job almost 500-600 gallons of N2 is being lost during liquid N2 shifting from bowsers to tanks and the pumping unit. How we may reduce this N2 losses during priming and transferring N2 from bowsers to the wellbore?”

Robert Elliott: “It is impossible to have zero losses during LN2 transferring. Ways to reduce losses are: shorten the transfer lines as much as possible, ensure zero leaks at all connections, close in full tricock valve on tank being filled as soon as liquid observed. Can you pump direct from the bowser and take circulated returns from the N2 unit to an empty tank? This will reduce burn off due to tanks becoming saturated. While priming N2 unit, you cannot avoid using approximately 100 gallons to properly prime up, as this is what it takes to displace the air and condition the cryogenic lines. While pumping it is better to pump continuously rather than stop to change over tanks. Have you considered a nitrogen membrane unit where you don't require LN2 on site?”

Raj Chandak: “Use tanks of sizes suitable to your requirement. If the tank is large and volume to be pumped is low, you will have more losses during transportation. As Robert mentioned, prime up loses cannot be removed.”

Eromosele Imoisili: “I might stress that shorter connections are required.”

Abdul Sattar Bugti: “Thank you Robert, Raj and Eromosele for sharing your ideas...”

Packer Prasetiowest: “Check for a leaking connection N2 hose from the tank and N2 liquid line at converter. Before blowing down N2, create pressure at N2 tank of about 0-1 psi to get -196 C to avoid boiling point raising faster than planned. According to N2 theory, if your pump rate is 250-300 SCF you will get high pressure at N2 tank faster. As a result, lots of N2 gas will blow down. When the pressure is 1-5 bar, you will lose 10-16% of the tank volume.”

Fakhr Ul Islam: “All the above comments are very useful. As for me, tank pressure, boost pump pressure, short cryogenic lines, zero leakage are the key things. If N2 operator maintain them properly then the losses will be very little. Also the important thing is the inspection of N2 tank.”

Mlanford Coutinho: “If your ambient temperatures are high (40 to 55 deg C) then you really need good vacuum and insulation in your tank. In spite of that you will have considerable losses... In the middle east at peak summer time you could be lucky if you get 1600 gallons out of a 2000 gallon tank sent from the base.”

Perhaps, comments of these specialists will be useful for the readers of our journal.

By Vasili Andreev, Coiled Tubing Times

Note. The opinions of the above specialists do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Editorial Board.